Developed in conjunction with Prof. Roman Genov at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, this application note describes the flip-chip technique used by CMC to assist the study of electrical signals in the brain tissue of test animals. In the research area of medical diagnostics, there have been striking advancements in the development of recording techniques that have enabled the extraction of signals from living organs, such as the brain or nervous system.
The basic structure of the diagnostic instrument used to capture these signals involves an integrated electrodes array combined with a CMOS signal processing chip. A significant advancement in the way these types of measurements are made (with improved robustness and reduced noise) can be attributed to the flip-chip packaging method.
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